Methacton lights ordinance to be voted on

WORCESTER — The Methacton School District Board of Directors announced that the Worcester Township Board of Supervisors will vote on the ordinance regarding the lights on the fields at Methacton High School at its meeting on Dec. 19.

Board member Jim Phillips, who serves on the board’s Property Committee, made the announcement at the school board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday night after speaking with officials from the township.

“After speaking with (Worcester Township Board of Supervisors Chairman) Art Bustard, he said that it will be on the agenda for (Dec.) 19th for a vote on the light and field ordinance,” said Phillips. “I would appreciate it for people to show support for Methacton and make themselves available for that.”

While it is still not clear whether the ordinance will pass, because it has been placed on the agenda for the upcoming meeting, it appears that it may have enough support from the supervisors to get approved.

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“I would like to echo (Phillips’) sentiments that a show of support at that Supervisors Meeting would be much appreciated,” said board member Herb Rothe. “We are getting very close here folks.”

Prior to the monthly meeting, the board also elected new officers to serve in the upcoming year at its annual reorganization meeting, where Joyce Petrauskas was unanimously re-elected to serve as board president and Kim Woodring defeated incumbent vice president Rothe for the position by in a narrow 5-4 vote.

“I want to thank the board for their support in re-electing me as president and also I’d like to thank the administrative staff for the support that they’ve shown me this year, as well,” said Petrauskas.

After thanking the other board members and administrative staff, Petrauskas detailed the accomplishments of the current incarnation of the school board, including increased board transparency, the development of a new superintendent evaluation process, and the completion of the budget with a minimal tax increase. Petrauskas also discussed plans for her upcoming term.

“A very important thing in which we stressed at the beginning of the year was a need for greater accountability. I believe we made significant strides in this,” she said. “Going forward, I think we need to do better with increasing the accountability to our constituents.”

The school board will not meet again until after the calendar turns over, when it will hold a work session on Jan. 15 for a work session and Jan. 22 for a voting meeting.